Obsessed

When A Composer Loves Another Composer

Daron Hagen | Posted 05.14.2012

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Daron Hagen

Marc Blitzstein's musical DNA -- strict adherence to economy of means, a passion for combining words and music, the belief that music can promote social justice, an abhorrence of pretension -- are woven inextricably into the music I compose.

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The Best Singer You Don't Know (But Should)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.07.2012

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Jose Antonio Vargas

Who is Audra McDonald? In a fairer, more purely artistic world -- one in which popularity is directly proportional to talent -- such a question would border on heresy.

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Obsessed: Rosalind Franklin

Theresa Esquerra | Posted 04.27.2012

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Theresa Esquerra

My interest in Rosalind Franklin was not in the biographical details, but the palpable sense of injustice surrounding her story -- the universal desire of being able to obtain credit and recognition for your work without being cheated out of it.

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Obsessed: The Banjo

Craig Evans | Posted 04.09.2012

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Craig Evans

There's a current resurgence in interest in the banjo by today's popular musicians (i.e. Mumford & Sons, The Avett Brothers and Taylor Swift). Those new folks may come and go, but a true obsession runs very deep. For at least one lifetime.

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20 Signs That You may be Addicted to Words With Friends

Jenny Isenman | Posted 04.02.2012

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Jenny Isenman

Love Words With Friends? If more than half of the items below describe YOU, I'll see you in WWFAA.

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Obsessed: The Didgeridoo

Pitz Quattrone | Posted 05.19.2012

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Pitz Quattrone

As a young adult I was headed for life-threatening trouble, but remarkably a wonderful woman agreed to marry me. We had a great kid, but I was still without direction, working dead-end jobs and feeling something important was missing. Then the didge found me.

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Obsession With Tobacco Turns Into Art

Posted 03.12.2012

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Janio Núñez worked as a "torcedor" or cigar-roller in Cuba for many years until one day his craft became a little more than just a job. "I saw m...

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OBSESSED: MAPS

HuffingtonPost.com | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.31.2012

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Inspired by one professor's infectious enthusiasm for Emily Dickinson, Obsessed is a new HuffPost Culture series exploring the idiosyncratic, all-cons...

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An American Folk Music Expert Talks On She Lives For China

Abigail Washburn | Posted 04.18.2012

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Abigail Washburn

When I first started playing the banjo, there was a period when I didn't go to China. It hurt. Like a pain in my gut. That pain you feel when you know it's time to connect with your parents or your God or your child or your past or your future... and you don't do it.

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Lewis and Clark... And Mike

Sydney Levin | Posted 04.04.2012

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Sydney Levin

Lewis and Clark will never know that their journey inspired one man to show his daughters the natural majesty hidden behind a land of malls. But I know.

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The Need to Obsess

Kirsten Chilstrom | Posted 04.02.2012

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Kirsten Chilstrom

Every so often, I discover something new which excites me, which triggers an oft-unexpected burst of physiological euphoria, and I choose to get drunk on it.

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Obsessed: Coffee

David Lynch | Posted 03.21.2012

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David Lynch

Coffee has always seemed to facilitate thinking and catching ideas. Not only that, but the flavor of coffee is beyond the beyond good. Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all. For many years, I drank probably 20 cups of instant coffee per day.

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Ali Larter Is Ready to be a Hero for Women and Girls

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tamar Abrams

Ali Larter, the luminous star of TV shows such as "Heroes" and films including "Legally Blonde" and "Obsessed" is also a newly minted advocate for reproductive rights for women and girls.

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Beyonce Rules Box Office As 'Obsessed' Hauls In $28M

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Audiences were in the mood for some fatal attraction action at the box office. Beyonce Knowles and Idris Elba's "Obsessed" debuted...

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Is Obsessed Sexist and Racist?

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Mendelson

As soon as women or minority groups are given their own somewhat trashy entertainment, it's suddenly a problem for culture at large.

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Fashion Face-Off! Beyonce And Ali Larter At "Obsessed" Premiere In Black And White (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the New York premiere of "Obsessed" on Thursday night, co-stars Beyonce and Ali Larter hit the red carpet in black and white dresses. The movie d...

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